Comments on: We Can Hear You Now (maybe) http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/ What's Going On Here? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Geoff Brown http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-886 Geoff Brown Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:17:18 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-886 Well, it's nice that there's now a cell tower in Salisbury (beyond the one the folks at Lime Rock Park have provided for some time). That lets me say simply that I'm in a dead zone out here in the howling wilderness of Twin Lakes instead of bluntly saying "there's no cell service up here". A note of caution: if you call Cingular to complain that you cannot get reception, they will check your records and tell you that the problem is that you need a new phone. I fell for this yesterday (my daughter expressed horror that I fell for this "scam" which evidently has been around about as long as their have been cellphones) and now have a brand new cellphone (replacing my two year old phone) that will evidently do everything but eat lunch (and if I can figure out which buttons to push it will probably do that, too). Nope, there's still no cell service on a substantial section of Between the Lakes Road. But I do have a question: since Between the Lakes Road is both a road AND a recognized hiking trail, can we please have cell service out here so at least the hikers can call home? Well, it’s nice that there’s now a cell tower in Salisbury (beyond the one the folks at Lime Rock Park have provided for some time). That lets me say simply that I’m in a dead zone out here in the howling wilderness of Twin Lakes instead of bluntly saying “there’s no cell service up here”.

A note of caution: if you call Cingular to complain that you cannot get reception, they will check your records and tell you that the problem is that you need a new phone. I fell for this yesterday (my daughter expressed horror that I fell for this “scam” which evidently has been around about as long as their have been cellphones) and now have a brand new cellphone (replacing my two year old phone) that will evidently do everything but eat lunch (and if I can figure out which buttons to push it will probably do that, too).
Nope, there’s still no cell service on a substantial section of Between the Lakes Road.
But I do have a question: since Between the Lakes Road is both a road AND a recognized hiking trail, can we please have cell service out here so at least the hikers can call home?

]]> By: fred http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-808 fred Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:56:40 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-808 I am one of those who use a different service, and I am waiting for Nextel to get an antena up on the tower, though having even ONE carrier up is a big step in the right direction. Sure, we will never be like a major city, like Philadelphia, who works twoard making the entire city "Wireless" (Internet, Phone, etc).. but to not have any service at all was way to primitive. I am one of those who use a different service, and I am waiting for Nextel to get an antena up on the tower, though having even ONE carrier up is a big step in the right direction.

Sure, we will never be like a major city, like Philadelphia, who works twoard making the entire city “Wireless” (Internet, Phone, etc).. but to not have any service at all was way to primitive.

]]> By: Peter Halle http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-805 Peter Halle Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:40:48 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-805 Cell phones are here to stay. Just travel almost anywhere and they are a constant presence...whether we like it or not. My feeling is that it is now a utility (vs. luxury) and should be legislated as such, like cable. That means that everyone who has a phone should be able to use it. Lots of people (OK, renters mostly) no longer have landlines at home, and are largely dependent on these little boxes of frustration. Not that we should have towers everywhere (have you seen the hysterical one on the Hutch near White Plains?); but where there are towers, everyone, esp EMTs and FDs, should have access. Cell phones are here to stay. Just travel almost anywhere and they are a constant presence…whether we like it or not.

My feeling is that it is now a utility (vs. luxury) and should be legislated as such, like cable. That means that everyone who has a phone should be able to use it. Lots of people (OK, renters mostly) no longer have landlines at home, and are largely dependent on these little boxes of frustration.

Not that we should have towers everywhere (have you seen the hysterical one on the Hutch near White Plains?); but where there are towers, everyone, esp EMTs and FDs, should have access.

]]> By: Marshall Miles http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-804 Marshall Miles Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:24:34 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-804 Terry.... My MOTO Cingular telephone recieved signal from the new Salisbury tower from Salisbury Garden Center into Lakeville (at various rates...2 bars from the garden center to lions head, then full thru salisbury, three-two bars from Lincoln City Road, one to two bars in the center of Lakeville, none on 44 past Peter Olivers house...). But, if you look at a whole, we now have service from Ashley Falls thru North Canaan, into Salisbury and Lakeville, to Millerton, NY. Service with a few sections of dead spots. This is a vast improvemnet!! We have more service that not on that route! If you now go down Route 7 from North Canaan, yeou basicly have service right into Lime Rock..not bad!. You even have service on Route 7 from 112 into West Cornwall, with some dead spots!!! This all from 4 towers....Surdam Mt in Sharon, Lime Rock Park, The Tower in North Canaan, and Salisbury's new tower!! Sharon is also served by a tower on Silver Mountain in NY, and the Tower in Amenia, and Millerton ahs the cell tower on the water tower. Its not perfect, but its getting better!!! Its a blessing that service is weak at the Town Grove, could you imagine all the weekenders in the summer if there was strong service, why the town grove would sound like a video arcade with all the different ring tones going off!!! Call me on my cell, lets chat! Marshall Miles Terry….
My MOTO Cingular telephone recieved signal from the new Salisbury tower from Salisbury Garden Center into Lakeville (at various rates…2 bars from the garden center to lions head, then full thru salisbury, three-two bars from Lincoln City Road, one to two bars in the center of Lakeville, none on 44 past Peter Olivers house…).
But, if you look at a whole, we now have service from Ashley Falls thru North Canaan, into Salisbury and Lakeville, to Millerton, NY. Service with a few sections of dead spots. This is a vast improvemnet!! We have more service that not on that route! If you now go down Route 7 from North Canaan, yeou basicly have service right into Lime Rock..not bad!. You even have service on Route 7 from 112 into West Cornwall, with some dead spots!!! This all from 4 towers….Surdam Mt in Sharon, Lime Rock Park, The Tower in North Canaan, and Salisbury’s new tower!! Sharon is also served by a tower on Silver Mountain in NY, and the Tower in Amenia, and Millerton ahs the cell tower on the water tower. Its not perfect, but its getting better!!!

Its a blessing that service is weak at the Town Grove, could you imagine all the weekenders in the summer if there was strong service, why the town grove would sound like a video arcade with all the different ring tones going off!!!

Call me on my cell, lets chat!

Marshall Miles

]]> By: Wendy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-797 Wendy Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:13:18 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-797 Since my house is in the "completely dead" zone, I guess I don't need to rush out and buy a cell phone. The most compelling reason that I heard for the cell tower was its use for emergency services. I hope some hikers will carry cell phones with them on our trails, and report back. For the record, in my opinion the new cell tower will do as much to change the character of this town as anything else I can think of. We can always hope people will be considerate of others... Since my house is in the “completely dead” zone, I guess I don’t need to rush out and buy a cell phone.

The most compelling reason that I heard for the cell tower was its use for emergency services. I hope some hikers will carry cell phones with them on our trails, and report back.

For the record, in my opinion the new cell tower will do as much to change the character of this town as anything else I can think of. We can always hope people will be considerate of others…

]]> By: Amy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-796 Amy Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:47:34 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2006/10/12/we-can-hear-you-now/#comment-796 I was in Mizza's Pizza this afternoon, and was able to take a call from my husband on my cell phone. The signal wasn't very strong, but it was strong enough for a clear call. It's about time. I was in Mizza’s Pizza this afternoon, and was able to take a call from my husband on my cell phone. The signal wasn’t very strong, but it was strong enough for a clear call. It’s about time.

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